fastboy77 wrote:
What'd you do?
Nothing, just stop worrying about it because running is just a hobby, else you wouldn’t be wasting time on here.
fastboy77 wrote:
What'd you do?
Nothing, just stop worrying about it because running is just a hobby, else you wouldn’t be wasting time on here.
This is the 600lb gorilla 🦍 on this forum. I would say lose some weight.
fastboy77 wrote:
What'd you do?
Still run 3 days a week. The rest of the days I play tennis. Whole other world. Makes me wish I had played tennis when I was younger and not run.
BILL SLOWSKY wrote:
Alberta has the highest Covid rates wrote:
You start bench pressing like Greg.
This is the best part about being a fat HJer who runs 5km in 25 minutes. Starting out at 28 y/o in this shape or worse you have ample runway ahead of you. It's granted you will never be a competitive runner but every month and sometimes every single week you are noticing improvements. That makes it really fun.
I did notice the same thing with lifting for the first 1-2 years it was super fun like this and it starts to get somewhat boring and repetitive when the gains slow down. So even though this post was most likely not meant seriously it was still a good suggestion to mix things up
I went from 27:42 parkrun at 23 to 17:53 at 34. Although I hadn't exercised since high school when I did the first one. Now it's all pretty boring though.
If running is boring - what would you rather do? Do that.
Not hitting the times you want seems more frustrating than boring. You need to evaluate your training and make changes.
jamin wrote:
That's pretty much how it panned out for me.
You never tried to get better. You preferred to wallow in misery.
I'm still waiting for that next jump in fitness. I can do 18:30 off of almost no training at all, then 18:00 with some fast workouts but then can't get anywhere further. It's frustrating and mileage gets extremely boring.
quitting running because you stop improving is like throwing away your sword because you're no longer improving as a sword fighter.
Sooner or later an enemy sword fighter will get you, so you better keep those skills sharp anyhow.
fastboy77 wrote:
What'd you do?
Analyze your expectations and adjust them accordingly. As a 60 year old who will turn 61 this year, I realize that running a 5K at a 4 mins or even 7 mins per mile pace is not in the cards. I still go out for my jogs and still run 5K races. If I finish a race running 9.5 mins per mile, I am content. If I finish running 10 mins per mile, I am content. You have to realize at some point we all reach our optimal performance capability, maintain such level for a time and then decline thereafter. It's simply the circle of life.
On a world wide scale I doubt you were ever good at running, so why did you bother to do it at all? Is your 1 mile PR closer to what the WR marathon pace is now than the 1 mile WR? That means you suck, so why even try?
When I started running during lockdown I improved quickly and after running 30 miles for a month could solo a sub 90 half. Got to about 18/36/1:20 and could not improve further no matter what I did, even running 10 hours a week at one point. It never made sense as people can usually run a low 16 / high 17 off these times but I never got close. In the end I got injured from running so much trying to improve and now Im back to jogging 30 miles with little interest.
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SDSU Aztec wrote:
fastboy77 wrote:
What'd you do?
It was the frustration of getting run into the turf by far superior runners that did it for me. I wouldn't have called it boring.
Is why I quit.